School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Vietnam
Vietnam: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.24 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Vietnam, 1976–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 1.24 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.6% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Vietnam peaked at 1.24 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3172 GPI, in 1981.
Vietnam ranks 79th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 0.6732 GPI | — |
| 1977 | 0.5049 GPI | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4502 GPI | -10.8% |
| 1979 | 0.4534 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.3172 GPI | -30.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6715 GPI | +111.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7765 GPI | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 0.7371 GPI | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7525 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7765 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7835 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7218 GPI | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 0.973 GPI | +34.8% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9972 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.02 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9082 GPI | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 1.06 GPI | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.24 GPI | +23.6% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 1.24 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.32 GPI, 94% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 1.24 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.3 GPI, 96% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Vietnam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +111.7% | 0.3172 GPI | 0.6715 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5204 GPI | 0.4502 GPI | 0.6732 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.3172 GPI | 0.3172 GPI | 0.3172 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.724 GPI | 0.6715 GPI | 0.7765 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8626 GPI | 0.7218 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 0.9082 GPI | 1.24 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 76 Kyrgyzstan 1.27 GPI compare
- 77 Trinidad and Tobago 1.26 GPI compare
- 78 Grenada 1.26 GPI compare
- 80 Bulgaria 1.24 GPI compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 1.23 GPI compare
- 82 China 1.22 GPI compare
More education data for Vietnam
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.27 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 456,146 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 64,555 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 9.61 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Vietnam?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Vietnam was 1.24 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3172 GPI in 1981.
- How does Vietnam rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Vietnam ranks 79th out of 177 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.